Given name

Florián

“blossoming”

Florián is a masculine given name. It is used in Slovak.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Florián goes back to Latin Florianus, meaning “blossoming.”

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Where it comes from

Florián comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Florianus.

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Florián’s family of names

In Czech usage, Florián has a diminutive in Floriánek. In Spanish usage, Florián has a conventional equivalent in the English form Florian. In Spanish usage, Florián has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form FLORIANO.

Walk Florián’s family in the name graph

FloriánFlóriánFloriánkoFloriánekFlorianFlorentFiorenzoFlorenzFlorjanFlorianoFlurinFlorianus

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Florián has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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See also 5

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

People named Florián

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Florián, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin

Llorián

“laurel covered”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin · Nature

Florencjusz

“flower”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Kordian

Kordian is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Gordian

Gordian is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

89% boys · 11% girls

Latin

Jowian

Jowian is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Florêncio

Florêncio is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Latin

Felizian

Felizian is a given name from Latin. It is used in German.

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Appian

Appian is a masculine given name from Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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